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Electrical Engineering
Section 1 (compulsory, 30 Marks)
Electric Circuits
Network graph, KCL, KVL, Node and Mesh analysis, Transient response of dc and ac
networks, Sinusoidal steady‐state analysis, Resonance, Passive filters, Ideal current and
voltage sources, Thevenin’s theorem, Norton’s theorem, Superposition theorem, Maximum
power transfer theorem, Two‐port networks, Three phase circuits, Power and power factor
in ac circuits.
Electromagnetic Fields
Coulomb's Law, Electric Field Intensity, Electric Flux Density, Gauss's Law, Divergence,
Electric field and potential due to point, line, plane and spherical charge distributions,
Effect of dielectric medium, Capacitance of simple configurations, Biot‐Savart’s law,
Ampere’s law, Curl, Faraday’s law, Lorentz force, Inductance, Magnetomotive force,
Reluctance, Magnetic circuits, Self and Mutual inductance of simple configurations.
Signals and Systems
Representation of continuous and discrete‐time signals, Shifting and scaling operations,
Linear Time Invariant and Causal systems, Fourier series representation of continuous
periodic signals, Sampling theorem, Applications of Fourier Transform, Laplace Transform
and z-Transform.
Analog and Digital Electronics
Characteristics of diodes, BJT, MOSFET; Simple diode circuits: clipping, clamping,
rectifiers; Amplifiers: Biasing, Equivalent circuit and Frequency response; Oscillators and
Feedback amplifiers; Operational amplifiers: Characteristics and applications; Simple
active filters, VCOs and Timers, Combinational and Sequential logic circuits, Multiplexer,
Demultiplexer, Schmitt trigger, Sample and hold circuits, A/D and D/A converters,
8085Microprocessor: Architecture, Programming and Interfacing.
Section 2. (Any one section, 20 marks)
1. Control Systems
Mathematical modelling and representation of systems, Feedback principle, transfer
function, Block diagrams and Signal flow graphs, Transient and Steady‐state analysis of
linear time invariant systems, Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist criteria, Bode plots, Root loci,
Stability analysis, Lag, Lead and Lead‐Lag compensators; P, PI and PID controllers; State
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space model, State transition matrix.
2. Power Systems
Power generation concepts, ac and dc transmission concepts, Models and performance of
transmission lines and cables, Series and shunt compensation, Electric field distribution
and insulators, Distribution systems, Per‐unit quantities, Bus admittance matrix,
GaussSeidel and Newton-Raphson load flow methods, Voltage and Frequency control,
Power factor correction, Symmetrical components, Symmetrical and unsymmetrical fault
analysis, Principles of over‐current, differential and distance protection; Circuit breakers,
System stability concepts, Equal area criterion.
3. Communications
Random processes: autocorrelation and power spectral density, properties of white noise,
filtering of random signals through LTI systems; Analog communications: amplitude
modulation and demodulation, angle modulation and demodulation, spectra of AM and
FM, superheterodyne receivers, circuits for analog communications; Information theory:
entropy, mutual information and channel capacity theorem; Digital communications: PCM,
DPCM, digital modulation schemes, amplitude, phase and frequency shift keying (ASK,
PSK, FSK), QAM, MAP and ML decoding, matched filter receiver, calculation of
bandwidth, SNR and BER for digital modulation; Fundamentals of error correction,
Hamming codes; Timing and frequency synchronization, inter-symbol interference and its
mitigation; Basics of TDMA, FDMA and CDMA. Antennas: antenna types, radiation
pattern, gain and directivity, return loss, antenna arrays; Basics of radar; Light propagation
in optical fibers.
4. Signal Processing
Introduction to continuous and Discrete-time signal and Sequence, introduction to system
and its properties: Linearity, time invariance and causality, Analysis of A LTI System:(a)
impulse response, Convolution sum convolution integral(b) differential equation and
Difference equation(c) transform domain considerations. Z-transform, Applications of
transforms to discrete and continuous time system analysis, Transfer function, block
diagram representation. Fourier Series and Fourier Transform (FT), Discrete-time FT
(DTFT),Discrete FT (DFT), fast Fourier transform (FFT).Sampling theorem, Design of
Digital filters:(a) FIR, and (b) IIR Introduction to spectral estimation
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Mechanical Engineering
1. ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS
Linear Algebra: Matrix Algebra, Systems of linear equations, Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors.
Calculus: Mean value theorems, Theorems of integral calculus, Evaluation of definite and
improper integrals, Partial Derivatives, Maxima and minima, Multiple integrals, Fourier series,
Vector identities, Directional derivatives, Line integral, Surface integral, Volume integral,
Stokes’s theorem, Gauss’s theorem, Green’s theorem.
Differential equations: First order equations (linear and nonlinear), Higher order linear
differential equations with constant coefficients, Method of variation of parameters, Cauchy’s
equation, Euler’s equation, Initial and boundary value problems, Partial Differential Equations,
Method of separation of variables.
Numerical Methods: Solutions of nonlinear algebraic equations, Single and Multi step
methods for differential equations.
Transform Theory: Fourier Transform, Laplace Transform.
2. APPLIED MECHANICS AND DESIGN
Engineering Mechanics: Free body diagrams and equilibrium; trusses and frames; virtual
work; kinematics and dynamics of particles and of rigid bodies in plane motion, including
impulse and momentum (linear and angular) and energy formulations; impact.
Strength of Materials: Stress and strain, stress-strain relationship and elastic constants,
Mohr’s circle for plane stress and plane strain, thin cylinders; shear force and bending moment
diagrams; bending and shear stresses; deflection of beams; torsion of circular shafts; Euler’s
theory of columns; strain energy methods; thermal stresses.
Theory of Machines: Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of plane mechanisms;
dynamic analysis of slider-crank mechanism; gear trains; flywheels.
Vibrations: Free and forced vibration of single degree of freedom systems; effect of damping;
vibration isolation; resonance, critical speeds of shafts.
Design: Design for static and dynamic loading; failure theories; fatigue strength and the S-N
diagram; principles of the design of machine elements such as bolted, riveted and welded
joints, shafts, spur gears, rolling and sliding contact bearings, brakes and clutches.
3. FLUID MECHANICS AND THERMAL SCIENCES
Fluid Mechanics: Fluid properties; fluid statics, manometry, buoyancy; control-volume
analysis of mass, momentum and energy; fluid acceleration; differential equations of continuity
and momentum; Bernoulli’s equation; viscous flow of incompressible fluids; boundary layer;
elementary turbulent flow; flow through pipes, head losses in pipes, bends etc.
Heat-Transfer: Modes of heat transfer; one dimensional heat conduction, resistance concept,
electrical analogy, unsteady heat conduction, fins; dimensionless parameters in free and forced
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convective heat transfer, various correlations for heat transfer in flow over flat plates and
through pipes; thermal boundary layer; effect of turbulence; radiative heat transfer, black and
grey surfaces, shape factors, network analysis; heat exchanger performance, LMTD and NTU
methods.
Thermodynamics:Zeroth, First and Second laws of thermodynamics; thermodynamic system
and processes; Carnot cycle.irreversibility and availability; behaviour of ideal and real gases,
properties of pure substances, calculation of work and heat in ideal processes; analysis of
thermodynamic cycles related to energy conversion.
Applications: Power Engineering: Steam Tables, Rankine, Brayton cycles with regeneration
and reheat. I.C. Engines: air-standard Otto, Diesel cycles. Refrigeration and air-conditioning:
Vapour refrigeration cycle, heat pumps, gas refrigeration, Reverse Brayton cycle; moist air:
psychrometric chart, basic psychrometric processes. Turbomachinery: Pelton-wheel, Francis
and Kaplan turbines — impulse and reaction principles, velocity diagrams.
4. MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Engineering Materials: Structure and properties of engineering materials, heat treatment,
stress-strain diagrams for engineering materials.
Metal Casting: Design of patterns, moulds and cores; solidification and cooling; riser and
gating design, design considerations.
Forming: Plastic deformation and yield criteria; fundamentals of hot and cold working
processes; load estimation for bulk (forging, rolling, extrusion, drawing) and sheet (shearing,
deep drawing, bending) metal forming processes; principles of powder metallurgy.
Joining: Physics of welding, brazing and soldering; adhesive bonding; design considerations
in welding.
Machining and Machine Tool Operations: Mechanics of machining, single and multi-point
cutting tools, tool geometry and materials, tool life and wear; economics of machining;
principles of non-traditional machining processes; principles of work holding, principles of
design of jigs and fixtures
Metrology and Inspection: Limits, fits and tolerances; linear and angular measurements;
comparators; gauge design; interferometry; form and finish measurement; alignment and
testing methods; tolerance analysis in manufacturing and assembly.
Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Basic concepts of CAD/CAM and their integration
tools.
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1. Mathematical Methods of Physics
Physics
Dimensional analysis. Vector algebra and vector calculus. Linear algebra, matrices, Cayley-
Hamilton Theorem. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Linear ordinary differential equations of
first & second order, Special functions (Hermite, Bessel, Laguerre and Legendre functions).
Fourier series, Fourier and Laplace transforms. Elements of complex analysis, analytic
functions; Taylor & Laurent series; poles, residues and evaluation of integrals. Elementary
probability theory, random variables, binomial, Poisson and normal distributions. Central limit
theorem. Green’s function. Partial differential equations (Laplace, wave and heat equations in
two and three dimensions). Elements of computational techniques: root of functions,
interpolation, extrapolation, integration by trapezoid and Simpson’s rule, Solution of first order
differential equation using Runge-Kutta method. Finite difference methods. Tensors.
Introductory group theory: SU(2), O(3).
2. Classical Mechanics
Newton’s laws. Dynamical systems, Phase space dynamics, stability analysis. Central force
motions. Two body Collisions - scattering in laboratory and Centre of mass frames. Rigid body
dynamics- moment of inertia tensor. Non-inertial frames and pseudoforces. Variational
principle. Generalized coordinates. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism and equations of
motion. Conservation laws and cyclic coordinates. Periodic motion: small oscillations, normal
modes. Special theory of relativity- Lorentz transformations, relativistic kinematics and mass–
energy equivalence. Dynamical systems, Phase space dynamics, stability analysis. Poisson
brackets and canonical transformations. Symmetry, invariance and Noether’s theorem.
Hamilton-Jacobi theory.
3. Electromagnetic Theory
Electrostatics: Gauss’s law and its applications, Laplace and Poisson equations, boundary value
problems. Magnetostatics: Biot-Savart law, Ampere's theorem. Electromagnetic induction.
Maxwell's equations in free space and linear isotropic media; boundary conditions on the fields
at interfaces. Scalar and vector potentials, gauge invariance. Electromagnetic waves in free
space. Dielectrics and conductors. Reflection and refraction, polarization, Fresnel’s law,
interference, coherence, and diffraction. Dynamics of charged particles in static and uniform
electromagnetic fields. Dispersion relations in plasma. Lorentz invariance of Maxwell’s
equation. Transmission lines and wave guides. Radiation- from moving charges and dipoles
and retarded potentials.
4. Quantum Mechanics
Wave-particle duality. Schrödinger equation (time-dependent and time-independent).
Eigenvalue problems (particle in a box, harmonic oscillator, etc.). Tunneling through a barrier.
Wave-function in coordinate and momentum representations. Commutators and Heisenberg
uncertainty principle. Dirac notation for state vectors. Motion in a central potential: orbital
angular momentum, angular momentum algebra, spin, addition of angular momenta; Hydrogen
atom. Stern-Gerlach experiment. Time-independent perturbation theory and applications.
Variational method. Time dependent perturbation theory and Fermi's golden rule, selection
rules. Identical particles, Pauli exclusion principle, spin-statistics connection. Spin-orbit
coupling, fine structure. WKB approximation. Elementary theory of scattering: phase shifts,
partial waves, Born approximation. Relativistic quantum mechanics: Klein-Gordon and Dirac
equations. Semi-classical theory of radiation.
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5. Thermodynamic and Statistical Physics
Laws of thermodynamics and their consequences. Thermodynamic potentials, Maxwell
relations, chemical potential, phase equilibria. Phase space, micro- and macro-states. Micro-
canonical, canonical and grand-canonical ensembles and partition functions. Free energy and
its connection with thermodynamic quantities. Classical and quantum statistics. Ideal Bose and
Fermi gases. Principle of detailed balance. Blackbody radiation and Planck's distribution law.
First- and second-order phase transitions. Diamagnetism, paramagnetism, and ferromagnetism.
Ising model. Bose-Einstein condensation. Diffusion equation. Random walk and Brownian
motion. Introduction to nonequilibrium processes.
6. Electronics and Experimental Methods
Semiconductor devices (diodes, junctions, transistors, field effect devices, homo- and hetero-
junction devices), device structure, device characteristics, frequency dependence and
applications. Opto-electronic devices (solar cells, photo-detectors, LEDs). Operational
amplifiers and their applications. Digital techniques and applications (registers, counters,
comparators and similar circuits). A/D and D/A converters. Microprocessor and
microcontroller basics.
Data interpretation and analysis. Precision and accuracy. Error analysis, propagation of errors.
Least squares fitting, Linear and nonlinear curve fitting, chi-square test. Transducers
(temperature, pressure/vacuum, magnetic fields, vibration, optical, and particle detectors).
Measurement and control. Signal conditioning and recovery. Impedance matching,
amplification (Op-amp based, instrumentation amp, feedback), filtering and noise reduction,
shielding and grounding. Fourier transforms, lock-in detector, box-car integrator, modulation
techniques. High frequency devices (including generators and detectors).
7. Atomic & Molecular Physics
Quantum states of an electron in an atom. Electron spin. Spectrum of helium and alkali atom.
Relativistic corrections for energy levels of hydrogen atom, hyperfine structure and isotopic
shift, width of spectrum lines, LS & JJ couplings. Zeeman, Paschen-Bach & Stark effects.
Electron spin resonance. Nuclear magnetic resonance, chemical shift. Frank-Condon principle.
Born-Oppenheimer approximation. Electronic, rotational, vibrational and Raman spectra of
diatomic molecules, selection rules. Lasers: spontaneous and stimulated emission, Einstein A
& B coefficients. Optical pumping, population inversion, rate equation. Modes of resonators
and coherence length.
8. Condensed Matter Physics
Bravais lattices. Reciprocal lattice. Diffraction and the structure factor. Bonding of solids.
Elastic properties, phonons, lattice specific heat. Free electron theory and electronic specific
heat. Response and relaxation phenomena. Drude model of electrical and thermal conductivity.
Hall effect and thermoelectric power. Electron motion in a periodic potential, band theory of
solids: metals, insulators and semiconductors. Superconductivity: type-I and type-II
superconductors. Josephson junctions. Superfluidity. Defects and dislocations. Ordered phases
of matter: translational and orientational order, kinds of liquid crystalline order. Quasi crystals.
9. Nuclear and Particle Physics
Basic nuclear properties: size, shape and charge distribution, spin and parity. Binding energy,
semi-empirical mass formula, liquid drop model. Nature of the nuclear force, form of nucleon-
nucleon potential, charge-independence and charge-symmetry of nuclear forces. Deuteron
problem. Evidence of shell structure, single-particle shell model, its validity and limitations.
Rotational spectra. Elementary ideas of alpha, beta and gamma decays and their selection rules.
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Fission and fusion. Nuclear reactions, reaction mechanism, compound nuclei and direct
reactions.
Classification of fundamental forces. Elementary particles and their quantum numbers (charge,
spin, parity, isospin, strangeness, etc.). Gellmann-Nishijima formula. Quark model, baryons
and mesons. C, P, and T invariance. Application of symmetry arguments to particle reactions.
Parity non-conservation in weak interaction. Relativistic kinematics.
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Applied Chemistry
Periodic table, periodic properties.
Chemical bonding, hybridization, Valence bond and molecular orbital theories.
Concepts of acids and bases.
Coordination compounds and organometallic compounds
Solid state chemistry: Crystal structures; Bragg’s law and applications.
Nuclear chemistry, nuclear fission and fusion, nuclear reactor.
Chemical thermodynamics, laws of thermodynamics, energy, entropy, free energy, state and
path functions, spontaneity and equilibria.
Phase transitions and phase rule. One and two components systems.
Electrochemistry: Nernst equation, redox systems, electrodes, electrochemical cells; ionic
equilibria; pH and buffer solutions. Conductometric and potentiometric titrations.
Chemical kinetics, rate laws and temperature dependence of rate; complex reactions; steady
state approximation; collision and transition state theories, unimolecular reactions.
Adsorption, adsorption isotherms, colloids.
Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis; Enzyme kinetics;
Photochemical reactions and quantum yield.
IUPAC nomenclature of organic molecules,
Aromaticity, heterocyclic compounds.
Basic reaction mechanisms, Named reactions. Natural products, Drugs and pharmaceuticals.
Isomerism, stereochemistry
Polymer chemistry, Polymerization reactions, MW of polymers and their determination,
Nanomaterials,
Environmental impact of chemicals and green chemistry,
Chromatography, theory, classification, applications.
Basic molecular spectroscopy, microwave, IR and UV-Visible spectroscopy. NMR
spectroscopy. Instrumentation. Applications.
Thermal methods of analysis: DTA, TG, DSC
Data analysis: Mean and standard deviation; absolute and relative errors; linear regression;
covariance and correlation coefficient.
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Mathematics
Linear Algebra: Finite dimensional vector spaces, linear transformations and their matrix
representations, rank, systems of linear equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, minimal
polynomial, Cayley-Hamilton theorem, diagonalization, Hermitian, Skew-Hermitian and
unitary matrices, finite dimensional inner product spaces, Gram-Schmidt orthonormalization
process.
Abstract Algebra: Groups, subgroups, normal subgroups and homomorphism theorems,
automorphisms, cyclic groups, permutation groups, Cayley's theorem, Sylow's theorems and
their applications, rings, ideals, prime and maximal ideals, quotient rings, Euclidean domains,
principle ideal domains and unique factorization domains, fields, finite fields.
Real Analysis: Real valued functions of a real variable, continuity and differentiability,
sequences and series of functions, uniform convergence, power series, Fourier series, functions
of several variables, metric spaces, completeness, Weierstrass approximation theorem,
compactness, Lebesgue measure, measurable functions, Lebesgue integral, Fatou's lemma,
dominated convergence theorem.
Complex Analysis: Algebra of complex numbers, complex plane, polynomials, power series,
transcendental functions such as exponential, trigonometric and hyperbolic functions, analytic
functions, conformal mappings, bilinear transformations, complex integration: Cauchy's
integral theorem and formula, Liouville's theorem, maximum modulus principle, Taylor and
Laurent's series, residue theorem and applications for evaluating real integrals.
Numerical Analysis: Numerical solution of algebraic and transcendental equations: bisection,
secant method, Newton-Raphson method, fixed point iteration, interpolation: error of
polynomial interpolation, Lagrange, Newton interpolations, numerical differentiation,
numerical integration: Trapezoidal and Simpson rules, numerical solution of systems of linear
equations: direct methods (Gaussian elimination, LU decomposition), iterative methods
(Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel), numerical solution of ordinary differential equations: initial value
problems: Euler's method, Runge-Kutta methods.
Ordinary Differential Equations: First order ordinary differential equations, existence and
uniqueness theorems, systems of linear first order ordinary differential equations, linear
ordinary differential equations of higher order with constant coefficients, linear second order
ordinary differential equations with variable coefficients, method of Laplace transforms for
solving ordinary differential equations, series solutions, Legendre and Bessel functions and
their orthogonality.
Partial Differential Equations: Linear and quasilinear first order partial differential
equations, method of characteristics, second order linear equations in two variables and their
classification, Cauchy, Dirichlet and Neumann problems, solutions of Laplace, wave and
di_usion equations in two variables, Fourier series and Fourier transform and Laplace
transform methods of solutions for the above equations.
Topology: Basic concepts of topology, product topology, connectedness, compactness,
countability and separation axioms, Urysohn's Lemma.
Probability and Statistics: Probability space, conditional probability, Bayes theorem,
independence, random variables, joint and conditional distributions, standard probability
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distributions and their properties, expectation, conditional expectation, weak and strong law of
large numbers, central limit theorem, sampling distributions, maximum likelihood estimators,
testing of hypotheses, standard parametric tests based on normal, X2, t, F - distributions, linear
regression, interval estimation.
Operation Research: Introduction to linear programming problems (LPP), solving LPP,
graphical method, simplex method, artificial starting solution, duality of LPP, assignment
problems, transportation problems, nonlinear programming.
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Economics
A) Microeconomics
1. Demand and Supply Analysis
2. Theory of Production and Cost
3. Welfare Economics
B) Macroeconomics
1. Measuring value of Economic Activity (National Income Accounting).
2. Theory of employment, Consumption, Output, Inflation, Money and Finance
3. Financial and Capital Market
4. Economic Growth and Development
5. International Economics
7. Balance of Payments
8. Global Institutions
C) Public Finance
1. Theories of taxation, Theories of public expenditure and Theory of public debt
management.
2. Environmental Economics
4. State, Market and Planning
D) INDIAN ECONOMICS
1. History of development and planning.
2. Budgeting and Fiscal Policy
3. Poverty, Unemployment and Human Development
4. Agriculture and Rural Development Strategies.
5. Foreign trade and Foreign Investment
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E) Research Methodology Basic Statistics and Econometrics, Logical Reasoning and
Data Interpretation –
Primary and Secondary Research, Techniques of data collection-Qualitative and
Quantitative, presentation and analysis, Econometric and Statistical tools for
social research.
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Statistics
Linear algebra: Vector spaces, subspaces, linear dependence, basis, dimension, algebra of linear
transformations. Algebra of matrices, rank and determinant of matrices, linear equations.
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, Cayley-Hamilton theorem. Matrix representation of linear
transformations. Change of basis, canonical forms, diagonal forms, triangular forms, Jordan forms.
Inner product spaces, orthonormal basis. Quadratic forms, reduction and classification of quadratic
forms.
Numerical analysis: Finite differences of different orders: ∆, E and D operators, factorial
representation of a polynomial, separation of symbols, sub-division of intervals, differences of zero.
Concept of interpolation and extrapolation: Newton Gregory's forward and backward interpolation
formulae for equal intervals, divided differences and their properties, Newton's formula for divided
difference, Lagrange’s formula for unequal intervals, central difference formula due to Gauss,
Sterling and Bessel, concept of error terms in interpolation formula. Inverse interpolation: Different
methods of inverse interpolation. Numerical differentiation: Trapezoidal, Simpson’s one-third and
three-eight rule and WaPddles rule. Summation of Series: Whose general term (i) is the first
difference of a function (ii) is in geometric progression. Numerical solutions of differential
equations: Euler's Method, Milne’s Method, Picard’s Method and Runge-Kutta Method.
Probability and probability distributions: Classical and axiomatic definitions of Probability and
consequences. Law of total probability, Conditional probability, Bayes' theorem and applications.
Modes of convergences of sequences of random variables - in distribution, in probability, with
probability one and in mean square.
Discrete and continuous random variables. Distribution functions and their properties.
Mathematical expectation and conditional expectation. Characteristic function, moment and
probability generating functions. Laws of large numbers and central limit theorems for independent
variables.
Standard discrete and continuous probability distributions - Bernoulli, Uniform, Binomial, Poisson,
Geometric, Rectangular, Exponential, Normal, Cauchy, Hyper geometric, Multinomial, Laplace,
Negative binomial, Beta, Gamma, Lognormal. Joint and marginal distributions, conditional
distributions, Distributions of functions of random variables.
Descriptive measures and regression: Collection, compilation and presentation of data, charts,
diagrams and histogram. Frequency distribution. Measures of location, dispersion, skewness and
kurtosis. Bivariate and multivariate data. Partial and multiple correlation, Intraclass correlation.
Curve fitting and orthogonal polynomials. Simple and multiple linear regression. Polynomials.
Fixed, random and mixed effects models. Elementary regression diagnostics. Logistic regression.
Statistical inference: Sampling distributions, standard errors and asymptotic distributions,
distribution of order statistics and range. Methods of estimation, properties of estimators,
confidence intervals. Tests of hypotheses: most powerful and uniformly most powerful tests,
likelihood ratio tests. Analysis of discrete data and chi-square test of goodness of fit. Large sample
tests. Simple nonparametric tests for one and two sample problems, Elementary Bayesian
inference.
Multivariate analysis: Multivariate normal distribution, Wishart distribution and their properties.
Hotelling’s T2 and its sampling distribution. Inference for parameters, partial and multiple
correlation coefficients and related tests. Data reduction techniques: Principle component analysis,
Discriminant analysis, Cluster analysis, Canonical correlation.
Experimental designs: Analysis of variance for one way and two way classifications, basic
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principle of experimental design (randomization, replication and local control), complete analysis
and layout of completely randomized design, randomized block design and Latin square design,
Missing plot technique. Split Plot Design and Strip Plot Design. Factorial experiments and
confounding in 2n and 3n experiments. Analysis of covariance. Analysis of non-orthogonal data.
Analysis of missing data.
Reliability theory: Reliability concepts and measures, Life-distributions, reliability function,
hazard rate, common univariate life distributions – exponential, Weibull, gamma, etc. Estimation of
parameters in these models. Censoring and life testing, Reliability of series and parallel systems.
Stress-strength reliability and its estimation.
Sampling theory: Simple random sampling, stratified sampling and systematic sampling. Ratio
and regression methods.
Quality Control: Statistical process and product control. General theory of control charts, causes
of variation in quality, charts for attributes and variables. Acceptance sampling plans for attributes
inspection; single and double sampling plans and their properties; plans for inspection by variables
for one-sided and two sided specification
Vital Statistics: Sources of demographic data. Complete life table and its main features. Abridged
life tables. Stable and stationary populations. Measurements of Fertility and Mortality. Gross
reproduction rate, Net reproduction rate.
Index Numbers: Price relatives and quantity or volume relatives, Link and chain relatives
composition of index numbers. tests for index number, Construction of index numbers of wholesale
and consumer prices, Demand Analysis
Time Series Analysis: Time series and its components. Determination of trend, seasonal and
cyclical fluctuations. Auto covariance and autocorrelation functions and their properties. Detailed
study of the stationary processes: moving average (MA), auto regressive (AR), ARMA and AR
integrated MA (ARIMA) models. Box-Jenkins models, choice of AR and MA periods.
Syllabus for Written Test for PhD Civil Engineering (Spring Semester 2017-18 Admissions)
Type: MCQ – 50 Questions Time: 1 hour Total Marks: 50
Note: The paper will consists of two sections.
1. Section A: General Aptitude - 30 Marks (COMPULSORY) 2. Section B: Civil Engineering Discipline - 20 Marks. Section B will have following 4 sub-sections specialization specific, candidate shall attempt any ONE SUB-SECTION of his/her choice.
Section A
General Aptitude
Verbal ability, numerical ability, reasoning, engineering mathematics.
Section B
1. Structural Engineering
Engineering mechanics, solid mechanics, structural analysis, design of RCC structures, design of steel structures, structural dynamics, construction materials.
2. Geotechnical Engineering
Index and engineering properties of soils, slope stability, subsurface exploration, shallow foundations, deep foundations, earth retaining structures, ground improvement techniques.
3. Water Resources Engineering
Fluid Mechanics, hydrology, open channel flow.
4. Environmental Engineering
Water and waste water, air pollution.
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